Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Reading
- Town
- Reading
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 55197
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Current location
Brock Barracks
Oxford Road
Reading
Reading
Berkshire
RG30 1HW
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 69340 73749
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone tablet mounted on brick wall. Engravings of regimental badge and the Victoria Cross.
- Inscription
- COMMEMORATING/ 1300 PRIVATE/ F.W.O.POTTS VC/ BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY/1882 - 1943/ 21ST AUG. 1915 FOR MOST/ CONSPICUOUS AND/ DEVOTION TO A WOUNDED/ COMRADE HILL 70 GALLIPOLI/ 1992
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Potts, F W O
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined - VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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